Distribution centers, big-box retail, and light-industrial facilities across the DFW Metroplex are built on slab-on-grade foundations engineered for heavy, concentrated loads — racking systems, dock levelers, forklift traffic, and rooftop mechanical units. That engineering assumes stable, uniform soil support. North Texas Blackland Prairie clay does not provide it. The same expansive clay that cracks residential slabs swells and contracts beneath commercial footprints too, except the loads riding on top are measured in tons, not furniture. When a section of slab settles even a fraction of an inch, the result isn’t a cosmetic crack — it’s an uneven load path that racking systems weren’t designed for, a dock leveler that no longer seats correctly, or a floor joint that becomes a forklift trip hazard. Left unaddressed, localized settlement expands: adjacent slab sections take on load they weren’t sized for, exterior masonry separates at movement joints, and the building’s structural systems begin absorbing stress they were never engineered to carry. For asset managers, this isn’t a maintenance line item — it’s an asset preservation issue, a potential OSHA standards violation, and, if a tenant or employee is injured, a direct liability exposure with the building’s net asset value attached to it.